Dr. Siegmeister

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Bhakti Vikasa Swami wrote:

 

> > Have Dr. Siegmeister's writings been debunked by other scientists? I

> > read something like that. If so, it is pretty useless quoting him as a

> > representive of modern science who upholds traditional views on

> > celibacy.

 

abhinanda dasa commented:

 

> Please forgive my ingnorance, but what has Dr.Sigemeister wrote? I thought

> you spoke of

> > SCIENCE DISCOVERS THE PHYSIOLOGICAL VALUE OF CONTINENCE

> >

> > By

> > Dr. R. W. Bernard, A.B., M.A., Ph.D.

>

> If that is the case, there always will be different trends the science,

> upholding their respective views. I am sure there are eager scholars for

> debunking "Forbidden Archeology", but that doesn't mean that the material

> presented there is fraudulent.

 

Madana-mohana das commented:

>

> In the case of Dr.Bernard, his paper is probably looked upon as a rather

> outdated one by the scientists, being over 40 years old.

> Now they claim

> they have come up with scientifis evidences of the positive impact of sex

> on human health, and could easily debunk Dr.bernard on these grounds.

>

 

Someone can judge so, thinking Bernard was biased by Victorian moral.

However, age in itself is controversial subject for both natural sciences

and humanities. On the one hand, there are humanities and some

interdisciplinary sciences, where concept of age can be discarded. Like no

one frowns at the Plato philosophy as outdated. On the contrary, a lot of

"outdated" material is very much revered. One can argument, that Bernards

study is rather in the domain of chemistry and biology, yet I don't think

that the in 40 years major concets have shifted there and loss of natural

protein and vitamin in the form of semen is considered a great benefit for

health.

 

As for the natural sciences, their claim to be progressive "eye-openers" for

the humanity has been debunked also from different sides, for example by Kun

with the "Theory of scientific discovery" (I know only Russian translation,

so it may be different in English).

 

Could you specify who came up "with scientifis evidences of the positive

impact of sex"?

 

your servant,

abhinanda d